Rabies Encephalitis in Malaria-Endemic Area, Malawi, Africa

Mallewa, Macpherson; Fooks, Anthony R.; Banda, Daniel; Chikungwa, Patrick; Mankhambo, Limangeni; Molyneux, Elizabeth; Molyneux, Malcolm E.; Solomon, Tom

doi:10.3201/eid1301.060810

i

Rabies Encephalitis in Malaria-Endemic Area, Malawi, Africa

Supporting Files

Jan 2007
By Mallewa, Macpherson ; Fooks, Anthony R. ; Banda, Daniel ; ...

File Language:

English

Details

Alternative Title:

Emerg Infect Dis
Personal Author:

Mallewa, Macpherson ; Fooks, Anthony R. ; Banda, Daniel ; Chikungwa, Patrick ; Mankhambo, Limangeni ; Molyneux, Elizabeth ; Molyneux, Malcolm E. ; Solomon, Tom
Description:

In a malaria-endemic area of Africa, rabies was an important cause of fatal central nervous system infection, responsible for 14 (10.5%) of 133 cases. Four patients had unusual clinical manifestations, and rabies was only diagnosed postmortem. Three (11.5%) of 26 fatal cases originally attributed to cerebral malaria were due to rabies.
Subjects:

Adolescent Child Female Genotype Humans Malaria, Cerebral Male Phylogeny
Source:

Emerg Infect Dis. 13(1):136-139.
Document Type:

Journal Article
Funding:

G116/194/Medical Research Council/United Kingdom ; Wellcome Trust/United Kingdom
Place as Subject:

Malawi
Location:

Africa
Volume:

13
Issue:

1
Collection(s):

Emerging Infectious Diseases
Main Document Checksum:

urn:sha256:a674323a32af4b2c2aa72f486f3e3e33c10dad6dd78741a6145a7dc89919cdf9
Download URL:

https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/16442/cdc_16442_DS1.pdf
File Type:

[PDF - 125.35 KB ]

File Language:

English

ON THIS PAGE

Details Supporting Files

CDC STACKS serves as an archival repository of CDC-published products including scientific findings, journal articles, guidelines, recommendations, or other public health information authored or co-authored by CDC or funded partners.

As a repository, CDC STACKS retains documents in their original published format to ensure public access to scientific information.